Ingot mold



M. BLAGE v INGoT MOLD Fi1ed Janv 12 1929 2 SheetsSheet 1 1 afented Moy 13, 1930 UNITED STATES P TE T oFFICE ThfS invention feloteS to ingot II1olds ond itS obieot is to so oonstfnct 01' Shape SI1ch IIloldS as to eXPedlte their rato of oooling vhen filled vvith fuSe(1 1net t is vve11 k11ovn to Pfovide ingot Iflolds With Wansof varying thicknoSS ond alSo fo pTovide the vvo11S of ingot n1olds vith finSor indentationS foI Tapid oo01ing, but S11oh n101(fS are not Satisfaotofy iI1 tht they ofe not intended to offoTd., I1or oopoble of affofding,

- o 11niforII1 cooling of t11e content of the tnold 1fofeover, acoofding to the PTeSent invon tioI1, in order that s11oh fedilotio11 of the thick ness of the WonS Wi11 the strength of the n101(1, the thinne(1 vvallS TIloy be rovided vvith StTengthoning Sop PoTtS oI Tibs, vvhioh TibS re, prefefably nd odvantageously, So Sha ed that they cI1Se the thinned arts of the vvoHS to poSSesS the San1e Strength 348 the thiokef I)rtS ond alSo coI1Se o uniforIn cooling of the InetoL BeSides the cooling odvontogeS thl1S obtoined, Such Serving the good oonditioI1 of the Ino1(1, the reSent invention enobles the soid l loldS to f)e IIlode conSiderably lightef ond oheapef than haS been oSSible ]1 to the PfeSent ond olSo enableS them to be n1ode of Stee1, theTeby conSideTably inofeaSing theiI' Period of use. Tfle PreSent invention is applicoble to 11 kindS of Inolds, especially to lafge copooity molds and to moldS uSed foI' prodocing in otS foI the InanIifooture of Sheet iIon The accomponying droWingS Shovv, by Wa of eXomple, tWo methods of oonSfructing iI1 got InoldS ooording to the pTeSent iflve11tioI1. Eigore 1 iS a veftioo1 Section olohg li Tle 11, ig11I'e 2, aooofding to the TSt n1etho(1 of conStrnotion.

not detTin1entally effect advantages siII1111toTleonSly Te- 1929, seTia1 1. 332,184, and i rance fannar 20, 1938.

igofe 21s aJ 11orizonta1 Seotion olong line 22 iguTo 1. r

igufe 3 shovvS on elevation of o Inold oonStfucted aooordihg to the SecoIld Inethod.

igure iS hofizontal Section along line 4, igufe 3.

I igufe 5 iS aJ veffioal SectioI1 along line 55, Eigure 1efe Ting to of a11 aII1011nt of 11eot oonduoted ond rodioted by the TvollS 1 of fhe ingot Inold II111St be a Proxi- 1I1ate1 i11 the ZoneS adiacent the poiI1tS of in tefSeotion of thohorizonta1 lone coffeSPonding t(L1ine 22 of ig. 1 by the veftic1 P1nes oo oorfePonding to the lineS 11 nd oo of ig. 2, becallsethe Tdiati0I1 of heat by tho wans of the ingot 1101(i of the up er part of tho lofteI' vvi11 be leSS, partly beconse of the ToxiInity of the to opening of the ingot Inold and I)artly becauSe of the deoreaSed anount of fllSe(1 Inoterio1 )Tesent, it vvi11 o1So be leSS at the 1ovver PaTt` of f11e Inold beoouSe of the foxilnity of the plate sop ofting the ingot II1old ond it vvi11 be eqoally diIniniShed 1 at the oofnerS becouSe of the a fooch of fhe adiacent wanS of the ingotmold.

Ienoe the vvallS 1 of the ingot Inold have, aocofding to the.pTesent invenfion, 3 soction vhich beooInes thiner ond thinner aS it a roaoheS the soidoints of interseofio11 of Said )laIleS, oS Inenfioned obove.

This iS odvontogeously effected by fofn ing each of the exteTnal vval1S 1 vvith on outor faoe coI1cve in both a vertioal nd hori- Zontal difeotion fof subStantiolly itS full otoo follovving S11ftable ouf eS or StToighfz1ioos aS Shown by Woy of exomple of 3 in igufes 1 and 2.

1efefring fo 1 igufeS-3, and 5, the vvolls 1 of tho ingot-11101(1, honoWed of thinne(1 as CloSofibed 8bove ore foTInea vvith Teinfofoe- InentS 01' fibS 4: TheSe I'ibS 111o 7 be Shoped, aI1(11T1oy be1ocated ond diStTibuted io ony deSired 11I1ner. .According to the exan1Ple of realization shovvn iI1 igufes 3 to -`5, Soid fibS hove S' Soofion vvflich, so to S ook, iS inverse to that of the vvallS of the ingot-n1old, and hve depth Tv11iofl inoreaseS pro oftionally, of nearly so, vvith fhe de fh of the oviq be Inentioned t11of the IIloxiInI1II1.oo l

ties3, that is to so} thei1 degree of oon vexity iS in Pfopoftion to the degree of coI1 covity of the vvalls of fhe Inold,

It con eaSily be understood that in an in got-n1old aocofding to the present invention,

the SI1itable thinning of the vvallS of the in got II1old describea above iS in oTdeI' to en SuI'e thot fhe c ond11otion and Tadiatiof1 of heat by the vva,11S vvi11 be effeoted InorefoPidly here Such condoctio 1 and Tadiotion afe 11eceSSary and boooSe of tho preSence ofthe Tein foroing TibS the Strength of the ingot-Inold Wi11 not be reduced.

It is obvious thot the obiect of the Presenf invention oan aSSunle a 1arge nun1ber of vori ations in oxecution Tvithont departing froIn S id obiect of the PreSent iI1 ention deScTibed fIaving novv I)artioI1lorly described ndaS certained the nature of nly Sid invention nd in vvhat Inanner the sanle iS to be eI' forIned, I,declaTe that vvhatolain1 iS= 1. *I1 ingot Inold having a11s having ex ternal Surfaoes vvhich aro concvo both verti cany nd h0riZontaHy said vvallS fofn1ing oofners at their pointS of II1erging vvith each other, the externa1 faceS of said oornefS being stTaight in a vertical direction, and eoh of said oonerS being of substantially the Sa 1e cTosS-Sectional area of all points throughout its height.

2. An ingot Inold acoording to olaiIn 1, I)ro vided Tvith extefior braoing ribS ofSuch con figuration and diInenSions os to iInParf to the thinned paftS of the vva11S the SaIne sfrength aS osSeSSed by the thickeI parts thefeof and olSo to oollSe an u11ifofII1 cooling of the casf metal at al1 pointS.

3. n angular ingot 1nold havin external.

SnTfoceS vvhich are concave both iI1 horizonto1 aod in vertioo;1 Section, t he center of the verti oal ooncove ond the oenter of tho horizontal oonoave colI1cldllIg.

. An ingot Inold having vallS eaoh having external Surfaoes vvhich afe ooncovo both vertically and horizontolly.

5. n ongular ingot Inold hovin a plnfolity of extornal vefticolly exfend1ng, SI11 foces eoch of vvhich iS conoave both 

